…from the internet a little bit. Sometimes I think it has become a little too ingrained in my life, you know what I mean? I mean it’s great for all kinds of things, communicating with friends around the world, researching anything that you want to know about (like who the actor was in that one movie from back in the day that you can’t remember the name of but it had that one guy in it that became kind of big in the late 90′s, you would recognize him if you saw him). I just think that I don’t really have the need to be so connected to the rest of the world, yet be so disconnected from the rest of the world at the same time. I have real time instant notification on my Blackberry of incoming e-mails and Facebook comments, yet there is nothing that is ever written that is important or wouldn’t have waited until checking it later. I’m not someone that the world needs access to 24/7/365, I’m just not that important. I’ve got 182 “friends” on Facebook, a lot of whom I haven’t seen physically in 15 years or more, and weren’t all that close to even back then, yet would have trouble finding someone to go do something with over the weekend. I am extremely knowledgeable on a lot of issues, yet use that knowledge by spending time and energy arguing with others through a computer screen in a dark room by myself at 3am instead of using that knowledge to engage in real life and make the world more the way I would like it to be. I guess I never was all that much of a people person, but I think I probably use it as a crutch, something to hide behind to avoid having to do the things that make me uncomfortable. I sometimes envy my friend Dave from the Air Force. He’s my age and to this day he still even have an e-mail address, much less a computer. He doesn’t spend all his time getting carpel tunnel, he goes and lives life. The irony is that I don’t keep in touch with him all that much anymore… because most of my communication in done over the computer. I know I’m not the only one that thinks about things like this… I can’t be the only digital shut in… can I? I think I’m going to try and get away from the computer a little bit, well a lot bit if I can. I can’t completely go cold turkey, I do have online classes after all, but I do think it would do me a lot of good to go out and experience some more life rather than living it through a 1440 x 900 screen.

It’s been a bit since I’ve written anything, whenever I come up with a topic I tend to file it away for later when I have more time where it promptly gets forgotten. Pretty much like everything else I try to put someplace so I wont lose it. Keys, socks, wallet, glasses… put it someplace safe where you wont forget where it is so when the time comes and you need it… you forgot where it is.

Finished another class last week. Music Appreciation. Got an A. Now I’m on to Civil War and Reconstruction. Electives, gotta love em’. Nah, I don’t.

Jess and I ran our first race of the year on pretty short notice. It was the 1st annual Leprechaun Chase 10k out at Wilderness Ridge Country Club. The women got a 5 and a half minute head start and then the men got to chase them. Whoever won the race, man or woman, got a free green beer for their gender. A woman ended up barely winning. It was a nice race, a little cold but it was fun. I was seriously undertrained but I did better than I thought I would. It was really painful though, I should prepare better. There were a few other people that I knew running the race too. Jessica of course was with me but siblings Gabe, Damian and sister Sarah were having a grudge match. Kasey and Shannon were there as well but Kasey didn’t run. Gabe was talking some serious smack before the race but luckily Kasey recorded him beforehand doing it. He bet he would pass his sister by mile 3 and bet 5 bucks on it. Nope didn’t happen… he never did pass her. I did pass Jessica though, gave her a pinch as I went by.

We got a few pictures too.

That’s all for today, I’ve got some stuff to do.